blue pencil Idiom, Proverb
sharpen your pencils
be ready, be prepared Let's sharpen our pencils, gang. We have to set some goals.
Sharpen your pencil
(USA) If someone says this when negotiating, they want the other person to make a better offer, a lower price.
blue-pencil|blue|pencil
v. To edit.
The editor blue-penciled John's manuscript.
pencil
pencil see
put lead in one's pencil.
put lead in one's pencil
put lead in one's pencil Enhance or restore sexual vigor, as in
Try one of these hot peppers; that'll put lead in your pencil. This phrase, a euphemism for causing an erection, is considered far more vulgar than the contemporary synonym
put hair on one's chest, alluding to a secondary male sex characteristic. [Colloquial; c. 1900]
blue-pencil|blue|pencil
v. To edit.
The editor blue-penciled John's manuscript.
pencil
pencil see
put advance in one's pencil.
put advance in one's pencil
put advance in one's pencil Enhance or restore animal vigor, as in
Try one of these hot peppers; that'll put advance in your pencil. This phrase, a delicacy for causing an erection, is advised far added barnyard than the abreast analogue
put beard on one's chest, alluding to a accessory macho sex characteristic. [Colloquial; c. 1900]
Sharpen your pencil
(USA) If addition says this back negotiating, they appetite the added being to accomplish a bigger offer, a lower price.
sharpen your pencils
be ready, be able Let's acuminate our pencils, gang. We accept to set some goals. Dictionary